Classes

Simchas Torah, Sicha Two.

Class One. Page 69-71. ‘Kushe Alai Pridaschem’ when one Jew is separated from another Jew he is separated from God. Shmini Atzeres fixes this. The (Suka and the) four kinds only keep us together for the duration of Sukkos, but Shmini Atzeres together keeps us together all year long.   Class Two. Page 71-3. Somehow…

Simchas Torah, Sicha Three.

Class Eight. Page 76-7. Reb Zalman Zlatapolsky worked to see his Rebbe after the Histalkus, now the Rebbe (RaYaTz) visits someone for not listening to him and he still doesn’t acquiesce.

Simchas Torah, Sicha Four.

Class Nine. Page 85-7. Conclusions: 1) Learning Chassidus, 2) Halacha, 3) Keren Hashana, 4) Breishis, a new beginning, even if Tishrei was not as it should be.

Sicha Three

Class Eight. Page 74. Introduction to new Sicha: unique obligation of the leaders in Hakhail. Class Nine. Page 74-6. Everyone is obligated in Hakhail, but the King’s obligation is to everyone. A lesson for Yeshiva Bochurim.

Sicha Four.

Class Ten. Page 76-78. Working with others is possible even as one works on himself, though the energy of outreach is quite different than the energy of in-reach, because both are [the same:] in the service of God. Class Eleven. Page 78-80. In addition to all the benefits one derives from giving to another for…

Hakhel, Chol Hamoed Sukos 5713

Hakhel, Chol Hamoed Sukos 5713

46. Ze Hayom 5737 (Erev Rosh Hashana 5738)

Ma’amar Ze Hayom 5737 Erev Rosh HaShana (2 classes) Ma’amar Ze Hayom 5737 Erev Rosh HaShana, Class One.Part 1 of this ma’amar addresses the classic question of why more of an issue is made of the creation of man than of creation itself.The answer, of course is that man fulfills the point of creation.The analysis…

Another Biography (of the Rebbe Maharash). (5767). 2 classes

Based on a summary of the Rebbe MaHaRaSh’s life published in the introduction to the “VeHecherim” (The first volume of his chassidus published by the Rabbeiim). Part One. Part Two.

כי נער ישראל ואוהבהו תשט”ז.

Class One. The heavens and the earth are linked: The lowest levels of heaven (השתלשלות) to the highest levels of earth (אצילות), and the link is revealed and obvious (גילוי ההעלם). The highest levels of heaven (עצמות) and the lowest levels of earth (בי”ע) are linked but the connection is sublime and will be revealed…

תורה ציוה ה’תשי”ז

Class One. The two levels of a Yid’s relationship to the Torah (based on the two levels of the Neshama this Hemshech explores): Torah that feeds a Yid ישראל אתקשראי באורייתא ואורייתא בקודשא בריך הוא Torah that needs a Yid to have it (more deeply) connect(ed) to Hashem. לשמה. דוד הי’ מקשר תורה שלמעלה עם…